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HUD insured mortgage program Section 223(f), ALN 14.155 Criteria: In accordance with HUD regulations and the Uniform Guidance, recipients are required to submit audited financial statements to HUD and to submit the Single Audit reporting package to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) within nine months after fiscal year end. Statement of Condition: The Organization did not submit its audited financial statements to HUD or its Single Audit reporting package to the FAC by the required due date. Cause: The delays in completing the audit resulted from the Organization’s difficulty completing year-end closing of the books due to issues from a change to new software and staff turnover during the year. Additional delays resulted from the Organization’s difficulty locating occupancy records requested by the auditor. Effect: Failure to submit required reports by the established deadlines places the Organization in noncompliance with federal requirements and may result in sanctions or restrictions on program funding. Recommendation: We recommend that management implement procedures to ensure that financial reconciliations are completed timely and that software issues are promptly identified and resolved. We also recommend that management strengthen recordkeeping procedures to ensure that occupancy records are maintained, organized, and provided timely to auditors. Views of Responsible Officials: We agree with the auditor’s finding. The issues from the prior year have been extensive and we are still making necessary corrections and climbing out of the hole we found ourselves in. We are doing our best to get all the accounts corrected as we continue to run operations daily. Even though it’s been a slow process we are seeing great progress. It is our goal to have the audits completed timely as we always did in the past.